Blanket octopuses are extremely rare, having been seen only a handful of times in the past decade. It is not a single species ...

[caption id="attachment_2369820" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] A group of lemon sharks breaks the surface at sunset. The Bahamas. (Photo: Katherine Lu)[/caption ...

Her photograph of a poisonous ocellate octopus earned her 2nd place in the Ocean Portfolio Award category at the Ocean Photographer of the Year competition, presented by Oceanography and Blancpain.

Blue-ringed octopuses disperse TTX throughout their body. If they are eaten by another animal, the TTX acts as a poison. There has been at least one case of human poisoning caused by someone ...

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Paramedics are reminding people not to touch the venomous blue ringed octopus after a woman was rescued from a bite of that octopus in Sydney recently. Groups of blue-ringed octopuses are known ...

She says while many octopuses release a toxin, blue ringed octopus is a stand out. "They're not different to any other octopuses. Where they do differ is that they've got a very powerful poison ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some ...

Curious, you flip it over. A row of suckers. A pair of eyes. An octopus. In particular, Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus. Its common name comes from its habit of hiding ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

Small but highly venomous, recognized by its bright blue rings which appear when threatened. Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) The largest octopus species, capable of reaching up to 15 ...

In research published in Advanced Science, investigators drew inspiration from the octopus to develop an adhesive that achieves strong attachment and controlled release on varied substrates in wet ...